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Friday, October 19, 2018

I, Schizo

Yet another forgotten Amazon review, seriously how many of them are there???

“Tulpamancers”
is a small and slightly bizarre subculture of mostly young people who believe
they can create their very own imaginary friends using the powers of the mind. The
imaginary friend is called a “tulpa” (a Tibetan term popular among Theosophists
and other occultists). The tulpa lives inside the mind of the person who
created it, but has a distinct individuality and can sometimes act
independently of its creator. It can even be projected on the outside world,
and then looks exactly like a real person (although invisible to everyone
except its host or creator). Once a tulpa is created, it will never go away by
its own volition. Sometimes, the tulpa can even create a tulpa of its own! They
can also possess the body of their creators, a process known as “switching”.

There are
certain similarities between tulpamancers and the various Otherkin subcultures,
mentioned in books such as “A field guide to Otherkin” by Lupa and “Earth Angel
Realms” by Doreen Virtue. However, Otherkin often don´t believe they are human
at all. I suppose you could say Otherkin think they are the tulpas! A more
obvious similarity is with so-called Multiple Systems or Headmates. The main
difference seems to be that the tulpamancer starts out “normal” and then
gradually induces his mind into thinking that another individual resides there
besides himself. The Multiple System is born that way, or becomes multiple
spontaneously or by some outside pressure.

If you think
this is perilously close to a certain psychological condition, you are probably
right. Yes, it´s schizophrenia. In the case of the tulpamancer, it seems to be
something as weird as schizophrenia voluntarily induced!

“Tulpa Creation
Guide” is a short e-book explaining tulpamancy basics to beginners (and lurking
skeptics such as yours truly). The tulpas are “created” by various meditation
and visualization techniques, and the process is an extended one. It probably
takes months, maybe years, to complete. The author doesn´t explain how tulpas
can be made to dissolve, if you get tired of them. She claims that tulpamancy
is 100% harmless, which (of course) is hard to believe – especially since the
e-book claims that tulpas have a mind of their own once conjured into
existence. The pamphlet warns prospective tulpamancers that they might get
incarcerated at a mental hospital if they talk too much about their strange
activities. For this reason, tulpamancy is best kept secret from family and
friends, unless they are *very* tolerant. Also, it struck me when reading this
guide that the very same methods could presumably be used to “create” evil
entities. What if I want to conjure the Slender Man and unleash him on an
unsuspecting outside world?

I´m not sure how
to rate this product, and I admit that I found the topic absurd (or even
somewhat sinister). However, since this booklet is better written than “The
Tulpamancer´s Toolbox” (by the same author), I hereby visualize it to get three
stars!